“Seventh-round” aisle — It takes me only a nanosecond to grab Rayfield Wright (’67) and “Bullet Bob” Hayes (’64). One is a Hall of Famer; the other should be.

“10th-round” aisle — Can’t get Staubach (’64) into my cart fast enough. He’s arguably the “best bang for your buck” draft selection by the Cowboys — ever. It was well worth the five-year wait once Capt. Comeback joined the team in ’69.

“11th-round” aisle — Jethro Pugh (’65). Slam ... dunk. All this guy ever did was bring to the Cowboys class, style and five straight years of team leadership in sacks.

“Second-round” aisle — My cart is barely touching the floor when I get to Mel Renfro (’64) — a Hall of Famer who racked up 10 Pro Bowls in 14 Cowboys seasons.

Oh, what the heck ... Daryl “Moose” Johnston (’89). How can you go wrong with someone so Pro Bowl-worthy that the NFL created a separate entry (the “fullback” position) in the Pro Bowl selection process just for him?

“Fifth-round” aisle — On my way back to Aisle 1, I take a wrong turn — oops, and am glad I did. I pick up Walt Garrison (’66) because who didn’t love this guy? And Ron Springs (’77) ... because we all do still.

Extra points

Gil Brandt was asked to name his “best” and “worst” of 28 NFL drafts (1961-88) with the Cowboys. (Note: The team had only an expansion draft in ’60.)

Brandt’s choice for “Best Cowboys Draft” — 1975

Easy. “The Randy White draft,” as Brandt calls it. The Cowboys had two first-round picks that year (sound familiar?) and selected a certain “Manster” from Maryland (second overall), then followed up with Langston linebacker Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson (18th).

Their next four picks were Burton Lawless, Bob Breunig, Pat Donovan and Randy Hughes.

“Hughes could’ve been a Pro Bowler,” Brandt said. “But he ended up with shoulder problems. Donovan was a defensive end at Stanford, but we saw his athletic ability and thought he might make a left (offensive) tackle.”

Sure enough, Donovan made the switch and represented Dallas in four trips to the Pro Bowl.

Laidlaw used his abilities on special teams to win over Landry. Late-round picks Rolly Woolsley made the team as a DB, Mitch Hoopes as a punter, and Michael Hegman as a Tennessee State linebacker, even though league officials tried to warn the Cowboys that Hegman was not eligible for the ’75 draft.

“We knew he was [eligible] — so we took him in the seventh round,” Brandt recalled. “We produced documents to show that Hegman went to Alabama State five years earlier.

“He was a ‘legal choice’ ... and a good one, at that.”

Buck’s choice of “Best Cowboys Draft” — 1964

It’s not my place to correct Gil Brandt. After all, he was the architect of these early Cowboys drafts.

But I told him that I thought his ’64 draft was his most impressive — if not his strangest.

That year, the Cowboys were prepared to draft Ohio State’s Paul Warfield. Warfield knew it. It was money in the bank. But then Landry changed his mind and wanted instead a veteran receiver, so he traded the team’s first-round pick to Pittsburgh for Buddy Dial.

(Warfield, for the record, went to Cleveland, then Miami, then ended up in Canton, Ohio.)

Said Brandt: “Think how that draft would’ve looked with Warfield taken in there, too.”

Brandt’s choice of “Worst Cowboys Draft” — 1982

I think Gil is reading his press clippings on this one. He took more heat over the Cowboys’ first-round selection of Kentucky State cornerback/return man Rod Hill (26th overall) than any top pick he ever made.

Buck’s choice of “Worst Cowboys Draft” — 2000 and 2001 (tie)

Call it a dead heat (with the emphasis on “dead”) between a pair of seven-round drafts after Brandt was gone. Neither draft provided Larry Lacewell or the Cowboys with a first-round choice.